I start to think there really is no cure for depression, that happiness is an ongoing battle, and I wonder if it isn't one I'll have to fight for as long as I live. I wonder if it's worth it.

Mindfulness helps you go home to the present. And every time you go there and recognize a condition of happiness that you have, happiness comes.

That action is best which procures the greatest happiness for the greatest numbers.

The folly of endless consumerism sends us on a wild goose-chase for happiness through materialism.

I honestly believe true happiness lies in lowered expectations. In opening the door to let the air in.

There are no plans that always work in life. For me, the secret to happiness is being positive and looking at the brighter side of my life.

Everyone needs a certain amount of money. Beyond that, we pursue money because we know how to obtain it. We don't necessarily know how to obtain happiness.

The mantra that you're given in Transcendental Meditation you keep to yourself. The reason being, true happiness is not out there, true happiness lies within.

I think I've been able to find happiness, and I've learned to love myself. That's a huge accomplishment for anyone, learning to love yourself.

It is not in the pursuit of happiness that we find fulfillment, it is in the happiness of pursuit.

Being healthy is part of the happiness of life.

Happiness for me is totally just being at peace knowing that, everything I'm doing, God is pleased with that. It's complete peace for me.

Try pitching a story of happiness to your editors, and their toes are going to curl up.

In the end, you're trying to find God. That's the result of not being satisfied. And it doesn't matter how much money, or property, or whatever you've got, unless you're happy in your heart, then that's it. And unfortunately, you can never gain perfect happiness unless you've got that state of consciousness that enables that.

Whether happiness may come or not, one should try and prepare one's self to do without it.

I always seem to have a vague feeling that he is a Satan among musicians, a fallen angel in the darkness who is perpetually seeking to fight his way back to happiness.

People need to realise what real happiness and success is, because success as an actor is fleeting. You can be up there one day and gone the next.

The greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not our circumstances.

Objects we ardently pursue bring little happiness when gained; most of our pleasures come from unexpected sources.

If my life has had a theme, I suppose it has been a typical American theme in that, for most of it, I have been looking for happiness and success.

Vegas means comedy, tragedy, happiness and sadness all at the same time.

I had a somewhat religious upbringing. Not strict, but it was there, and I'm kind of thankful for that. If you grow up just watching MTV, that's its own form of religion, and it's not even based on happiness or communal responsibility. I mean, try to construct a worldview out of that.

The People have a right to the Truth as they have a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

We have to surmount the difficulties that face us and work steadfastly for the happiness and prosperity of our country.